Deuteronomy 2:33

2:33 the Lord our God delivered him over to us and we struck him down, along with his sons ¹  and everyone else. ² 

Deuteronomy 25:3

25:3 The judge ³  may sentence him to forty blows, ⁴  but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite ⁵  with contempt.

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¹ tc The translation follows the Qere or marginal reading; the Kethib (consonantal text) has the singular, “his son.”

² tn Heb “all his people.”

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the judge) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “Forty blows he may strike him”; however, since the judge is to witness the punishment (v. 2) it is unlikely the judge himself administered it.

⁵ tn Heb “your brothers” but not limited only to an actual sibling; cf. NAB) “your kinsman”; NRSV, NLT “your neighbor.”